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Painted iridescent black over gray sheet tin. Cylindrical body w/ ring at basal edge and a slightly recessed flat bottom. Strap handle w/ a central bead applied at back. Circular mouth. Conforming cover w/ shallow cylindrical sides and slightly rounded pierced top conforming shaker element.
sugar casters
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
Tin
Painted
SHAKER, SUGAR
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
3.5 x 3.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.291
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